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EDWIN WIGHT, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patenl: No. 114,377, dated Mey 2, 187i.

IMPROVEMENT IN ROLLS FOR RLLNG UMBRELLA-CONNECTIQNS.

The Schedule referecido 1h these Letters Faten and making paxt of the name.

I, EDWIN WIGHT, ofthe nity :mdcounty of Phila,- delphia amd State of Pennsyivania, have' invented au improvement'on my-patennof' October 25, 1870, for ,am Improved Mode of Making Umbrella-Gonne@- Lionsvu which the following is a speciioation.

Tige nature oi' my invention consists in roiling the eonnetiens into form by passing the' metal between properlygrooved rollers;A efer which the connections are separated sind iuished in the present: usual mode and attached as joints to: umbrellas-and parasole.

To enehie those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, i will proceed to'descrihe the construetion of the machine and inode of opere-tion, reference being had totheaoeompmiying drawing, in whioh- Figure l is an. elevation through the "rolls,

Figure 2 is ea moss-section through the lower roll.

Figures 3, 4, 5, sections through ehe sirips at Yvarions stages of elle operation.

Figure 6 is eide View of the strips:y pari inv/ing i! who nee'zingwols.

irma-ee om?. d, Shoe the resurrection iin kerl :rnd

ed to the rib er rire nnihreile.

f 'a e nest-,olifant e this:

e i. enoive he parir of roils b3 ih' geared together and driven 'oy power need ing. niemhworiers,

ripper roli line gro( heads, shown.

y iii-ting into oernneheped grooves C' D' E in the lower rollq A piece of annealed wire, sheet-brass, or other metal,

rectangular in section-end it may be from one foot' to one hundred feet', long-is passed through form (l C', which gives it'. a slight t-eper, as in seotion, iig. 3, It is then passed through form D, which is nhegoesies a Shar pointed V4; he lower groove'r/ being rectangular, with a. slight; taper.

Fig. 4 shows the section of the strip passing through form D D".

The strip then passes through form 13T-where ne l/-shnped groove is changed into zi half-round groove, :ind the form E', in the imder Teli ifi", is sheped :is shown in section, hg. 2. This gives a. notching or toothed appearance bo the strips, as Shown iu iig. 6,l 

